Is a neutral expression also a neutral stimulus? A study with functional magnetic resonance

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 467-479

  Carvajal, Fernando ^a   Rubio, Sandra ^a   Serrano, Juan M ^a   Ríos Lago, Marcos ^b,c   Alvarez Linera, Juan ^c,d   Pacheco, Lara ^a   Martín, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Facial expression; FMRI; Neutral faces; Social judgment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; UNCUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892788084     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3578-1     Document Type: Article

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